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Devised in Austria centuries ago, hügelkultur involves stacking piles of old wood and other garden prunings into a soil-covered mound, creating raised beds that purportedly 'take care of themselves'. | Devised in Austria centuries ago, hügelkultur involves stacking piles of old wood and other garden prunings into a soil-covered mound, creating raised beds that purportedly 'take care of themselves'. | ||
After building four raised veggie beds in my backyard, I baulked at buying in loads of costly soil and compost to fill them. | After building four raised veggie beds in my backyard, I baulked at buying in loads of costly soil and compost to fill them. | ||
=====Hugelculture: Mother Nature’s Magical Garden Bed===== | |||
[https://ucanr.edu/blog/uc-master-gardeners-san-mateo-san-francisco-counties/article/hugelculture-mother-natures by UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 13/9/22] | |||
“Hugelculture?” The name (pronounced “hoo-gull kul-toor”) sounds like it might be a | |||
new type of yogurt or maybe an exotic fermented beverage but it's neither of those | |||
things. “Hügel” is the German word for hill or mound and Hügelkultur (hugelculture in | |||
English) is a term for a unique way of growing plants in rounded, above-ground beds. | |||
